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The answers to questions that cannot be answered. Part IIa.

Oops, forgot a few from that page o’ tough questions. (Part I | Part II)

  • Is it “open sees me” or “open says me”?
    I am ashamed to say that I’m only sort of ashamed to say that I still remember Kristy McNichol joining the Osmonds in an Ali Baba sketch on the third season of the Donny & Marie Show, and it was definitely “open says me,” which joke was hi-larious to a certain six-year-old.
  • Can dogs be mentally retarded?
    We all know some stupid dogs if we’re really honest with ourselves. Ruh-roh.
  • Why don’t they build into cars a secret button for police to use, and when these people are trying to get away from police down the freeway and city streets at 100 mph, the following police car could push the button, making the engine on the speeding car stop? Surely there must be some smart person who could make this.
    Too expensive, too impossible to hide, too hackable, too tempting to annoy your friends with.
  • Why does having a foreign accent make a person seem more attractive?
    Pure novelty. It’s charming that they’ve bothered to learn our language and it’s equally charming that they’re bad at speaking it.
  • How often are presidents born, and how often do they die? Do they die in bunches, or on average every four years?
    The average U.S. president is 56.2 years old when taking office. Made it up! Most tend to die in their 60s or 70s. Most die in July, and they never, ever die in May or on an Election Day. Adams I and Jefferson died on July 4, 1826 for patriotic reasons, and Monroe did the same five years later. Notwithstanding all of that, it’s a highly stupid question.
  • When a fly lands on a ceiling, does it execute a barrel roll or an inside loop?
    Everyone knows it does half of a Pugachev’s cobra.

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abby said,

January 8, 2008 @ 6:38 pm

I have a question: Why does toast taste better when someone else has made it?

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amye said,

January 8, 2008 @ 11:57 pm

Someone who speaks English with an accent usually speaks with more nuances than we do, with crisper consonants, purer vowels, and with much better use of their articulators.

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CM (nee cl) said,

January 15, 2008 @ 1:02 pm

More posts! More! More!

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sarah said,

February 10, 2008 @ 10:45 pm

I must contradict Abby. Whay does toast always taste better when you make it yourself? I know. But do you?

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CM (nee cl) said,

February 15, 2008 @ 10:00 am

I think it’s best when the French make it.

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Diana said,

February 21, 2008 @ 11:32 pm

I think toast is better when you make it yourself because it is hotter. I think foreign accents are more attractive because cultures of certain other countries are sexier than ours. And therefore in the inflections there are more … subtexts. Like Amye was saying.

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